Page snapshot: Cephalopods (octopuses, squid, and relatives, Class Cephalopoda) and images of some of the Cornell Blaschka models of cephalopods, including the octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish.
Topics covered on this page: Introduction to cephalopods (Class Cephalopoda); Octopuses (Order Octopoda); Squid (Order Bathyteuthida); Myopsid squid (Order Myopsida); Oegopsid squid (Order Oegopsida); Cuttlefish (Order Sepiida); Bobtail squid (Order Sepiolidae); Resources.
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Updates: Page last updated August 11, 2024.
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Introduction to cephalopods (Class Cephalopoda)
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Octopuses (Order Octopoda)
Colorful nudibranchs with covered gills and no radula.
Greater argonaut (Argonauta argo)
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Black-margined nudibranch (Doriprismatica atromarginata)
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Musky octopus (Eledone moschata)
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Spider octopus (Octopus salutii)
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Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
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Tuberculate pelagic octopus (Ocythoe tuberculata)
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Four-horn octopus (Pteroctopus tetracirrhus)
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Common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus)
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Squid (Order Bathyteuthida)
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Comb-finned squid (Chtenopteryx sicula)
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Myopsid squid (Order Myopsida)
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Common squid (Loligo vulgaris)
Formerly Doris granulosa.
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Oegopsid squid (Order Oegopsida)
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Midwater squid (Abralia veranyi)
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Sharpear enope squid (Ancistrocheirus lesueurii)
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Angel squid (Ancistroteuthis lichtensteinii)
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Long-armed squid (Chiroteuthis veranii)
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Umbrella squid (Histioteuthis bonnellii)
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Reverse jewel squid (Histioteuthis reversa)
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Common clubhook squid (Onychoteuthis banksii)
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European flying squid (Todarodes sagittatus)
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Onykia platyptera
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Cuttlefish (Order Sepiida)
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Elegant cuttlefish (Sepia elegans)
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Bobtail squid (Order Sepiolidae)
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Stout bobtail squid (Rossia macrosoma)
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Dwarf bobtail (Sepiola rondeletii)
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Resources
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